(of goods or funds) not subject to taxation, (of persons) freed from or not subject to an obligation or liability (as eg taxes) to which others or other things are subject, Free from a duty or obligation, noun_ One who is exempted from an obligation, duty, or liability, One who is exempted or freed from duty; one dispensed from or not subject to service, especially military or other obligatory public service, transitive verb_ Obsolete To set apart; isolate, To free from an obligation, duty, or liability to which others are subject, verb_ grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to, grant exemption or release to